Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS zooms through solar system, sparks ‘alien origin’ debate [VIDEO]

BALTIMORE, MD—A newly discovered interstellar comet, named 3I/ATLAS, is speeding through our solar system, marking only the third such object ever observed, NASA has announced. Detected on July 1, 2025, by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in Chile, the comet is drawing intense interest from astronomers—and some controversial speculation about its nature. The comet, originating from […]

Rare Comet C/2023 A3 visible in sky this month only appears every 80,000 years [VIDEO]

BALTIMORE, MD—A rare comet that only visits Earth every 80,000 years will be visible in the evening sky in the Northern Hemisphere this week. Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was 44 million miles from Earth as of this past Saturday and should be visible to the naked eye in the western sky shortly after sunset. The comet will be visible through […]